Case Presentation

Kimberly Zelaya
 Table of Contents

 Background Information
 Problem Statement
 Services
 Goals, Interventions, and Timeframes
 Strengths and Limitations
 Framework
 Interviewer’s Reflection
Background Info
 Name: Mary Jane
 Gender: Female
 Age: 27
 Ethnicity/ Race: Hispanic
 Number of Children: 2
Problem Statement
 Claims:
 Boyfriend/ Infant child’s Father
violently hit her and choked her
against a wall.
 The boyfriend often times abuses her
when he is under the influence of
alcohol.
 He has threatened to leave her out
on the streets and hire hit men to kill
her.
 She was brought to the agency by a
school social worker because the
oldest son recorded one of the
incidents where the boyfriend was
violently choking her and brought it
to the attention of the social worker
due to fear.
Personal Communications, January 18, 2019
Services
 Domestic Violence Protection
Order
 Recommendation to Legal Aid
 Attempt of recommendation to
agency’s rapid rehousing program
Goals, Interventions, Timeframes
 Personal Goals:
 Look for a job to sustain home and
children (successfully
accomplished)
 Keep herself and her children safe
 Agency/ Court Goals (2 months):
 Successfully grant her protection
order in order to keep her and her
children safe
 Allow her to keep the home
 Prohibit the boyfriend from coming
in contact with her
 Mandate the boyfriend to pay child
support for infant child
Personal Communications, January 18, 2019
Strengths Limitations
 Is willing to work for the benefit  Finances
of her kids  Does not earn enough to sustain
 Has an available support system high rent, bills, and children

 Has gained confidence  Is not willing to participate in

throughout the process rapid rehousing program to help
with finances
 Possibly still in contact with
boyfriend
Framework

 The 2 main frameworks used in the case presentation interview process was
client-centered and problem solving:
 Client- centered: The services are guided and focused on the clients needs and
wants. The protection order includes anything that that the client wants to request
to happen, it is all outlined by the client since the client knows what is best in
their and their children lives- emotionally, physically, and financially.
 Problem Solving: Using the problem solving process to assist with client troubles.
The client is guided to proper resources that may help solve the clients troubles,
but the client chooses to develop their own solutions rather than being told to do
so.
Interviewer’s Reflection
 What are some biases you had going into the interview?
 I thought the client wasn’t going to be as open about details in the abuse she has
experienced due to cultural circumstances
 What were some value differences between you and the client?
 I did not find differences between values

 What events or life experiences have shaped them into the person they are?
 The client did not go into enough detail about her life experiences that I could perceive
as life shaping experiences.

 What is the staff recommendation about diagnosis, interventions or treatment?

 Rapid rehousing program
 What changes do you recommend for the agency or services (needs of agency,
changes, and rights issues)?
 The ability to have more client spaces available in the rapid rehousing program (hire
more personnel to help in that area)